Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

You have probably heard plenty of times that being an entrepreneur is a risky business, and investors talk all the time about reducing the risk. Here is my own priority list of key risk drivers that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Financial risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

Helping solicit new business ideas and patents from individuals, federal research labs, universities and other R&D organizations countrywide. Social network for investors. Members submit ideas and patents, the JumpStartFund community members and the JumpStartFund team vets them.

El Segundo 76

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Entrepreneur 98

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. milestones entrepreneur startup funding business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Yet many entrepreneurs, maybe in their passion for their new product, gloss over this one, or even announce that they have no competition. Many entrepreneurs lead with fuzzy terms like “improved usability” and “lower cost.” If your product or service looks like one-of-a-kind, with no planned follow-up, you have a weak position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who run startups have to be generalists to survive. Yet I’m seeing another critical group of entrepreneurs, self-employed specialists, who are a growing part of this new “ entrepreneurial revolution ” that I discussed a couple of weeks ago. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2013

alone, the target demographic for these services is 90 million singles that are between 19 and 45. The same Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 2,500 online dating services online in the U.S. alone, with 1,000 new online dating services opening every year. Social networks. In the U.S.

Sites 86

Sites Social Network Networking Patents 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Yet many entrepreneurs, maybe in their passion for their new product, gloss over this one, or even announce that they have no competition. Many entrepreneurs lead with fuzzy terms like “improved usability” and “lower cost.” If your product or service looks like one-of-a-kind, with no planned follow-up, you have a weak position.

Competition 102

Competition Patents Startup Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

You have probably heard plenty of times that being an entrepreneur is a risky business, and investors talk all the time about reducing the risk. Here is my own priority list of key risk drivers that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Financial risk.

Startup 104

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

Startup 105

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 105

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. The idea was pioneered by renowned and award winning high impact serial entrepreneurs, Robert Sussman and Lance Fanaroff. Ernst & Young – World Entrepreneur Awards – FINALIST (Annex.13).

Software Review 92

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

Entrepreneur 94

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2011

alone, the target demographic for these services is 90 million singles that are between 19 and 45. The same Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 2,500 online dating services online in the U.S. alone, with 1,000 new online dating services opening every year. Social networks. In the U.S.

Sites 91

Sites Social Network Competition Patents 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2016

Aspiring entrepreneurs often approach me as an angel investor, touting their innovative idea for yet another online dating site. For a new startup, the best way to assure survival is to file patents or other intellectual property to keep future competitors from copying your success. Think about this challenge for your best idea.

Sites 51

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” If you’re an entrepreneur, the glib answer is “no.”

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. spirit entrepreneur startup mistakes business' Do not delegate this task!

Tips 102

Tips Help Startup Blogging 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You have probably heard plenty of times that being an entrepreneur is a risky business, and investors talk all the time about reducing the risk. Here is my own priority list of key risk sources that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Financial risk.

Startup 89

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Social Network 89

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Build a prototype product.

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Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2010

In the USA alone, the target demographic for these services is the 90 million singles that are between 19 and 45 (not counting the fact that 40% of frequent users are married already). Out of all these services, it estimates that more than 90% will fail or never turn a profit. Social networks and search engines.

Sites 49

Sites Social Network Statistics Patents 49

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Tags: entrepreneur startup survival business. Do not delegate this task!

Guide 92

Guide Startup Social Network Patents 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2010

Yet many entrepreneurs, maybe in their passion for their new product, gloss over this one, or even announce that they have no competition. Many entrepreneurs lead with fuzzy terms like “improved usability” and “lower cost.” If your product or service looks like one-of-a-kind, with no planned follow-up, you have a weak position.

Competition 49

Competition Tips Patents Startup 49

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Social Network Patents 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. A conundrum for many frustrated entrepreneurs is that they need money from investors to design and build a prototype product, yet most angel investors expect to see at least a prototype before they invest.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. Back to the service--how do people use Quub? George Ruan: I did four startups before Quub.

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. A conundrum for many frustrated entrepreneurs is that they need money from investors to design and build a prototype product, yet most angel investors expect to see at least a prototype before they invest.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Traction means forward progress. Become a visible expert.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Traction means forward progress. Become a visible expert.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 101

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. For a corporation and LCC, you must register a service agent. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Recommended.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page. Milo Sindell: In terms of business model, it's a subscription service. We have patents filed on this process. Could you walk through what a Genie looks like?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Traction means forward progress. Become a visible expert.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. Folksonomy. Free product.

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